Malaria and other vector-borne diseases, including dengue and Zika, affect millions globally. More than 400 000 people a year die from malaria alone. If proven safe, effective and affordable, ...

The mosquitos were invented by Oxitec, a British firm that thinks GM mosquitoes can be powerful tools to eradicate dangerous viruses such as dengue and zika, as well as a series of agricultural ...

3. These genetically modified mosquitoes have been released in Brazil, Cayman Islands and Malaysia. According to Forbes, their release has been attributable to lower populations of Aedes aegypti, the ...

The British company Oxitec released a cloud of hundreds of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes to study how to control their reproduction and thus stop the spread of dengue, Zika, malaria, etc ...

Southern California scientists have created a genetically modified batch of mosquitoes capable of blocking malaria, a development that could help eradicate the disease, UC San Diego officials ...

What’s scarier, murder hornets or more than 750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes? Despite complaints from local residents, officials have received final approval to release the swarm of ...